ARI: Cardinals QB Carson Palmer (concussion) out for Week 5

Cardinals QB Carson Palmer will not play Thursday night versus the San Francisco 49ers.

Drew Stanton will make his first start of the season.

Palmer suffered a concussion on Sunday in a loss to the Los Angeles Rams. Coach Bruce Arians said Palmer made progress in recovery, but won’t travel with the team out of precaution.

Fantasy Impact:

With Palmer out, Drew Stanton will get the start. In eight starts for the Cardinals in 2014, he averaged 203 passing yards with 0.75 touchdowns and 0.63 interceptions, so he doesn’t look like much of a streaming option even in a pretty good matchup with a mediocre San Francisco pass defense. Larry Fitzgerald, Michael Floyd and John Brown all take a hit in the rankings.

Terrell added that Eifert was “noticeably limping in the locker room” on Monday, so this doesn’t sound good. Owners are unlikely to have Eifert available this week, and his recovery will take longer than originally expected.

CHI: Bears place WR Kevin White on IR with a fractured fibula

The Bears are placing WR Kevin White on Injured Reserve with a high-ankle sprain and fracture. Eligible to return in 8 weeks.

Fantasy Impact:

An eight-week timeline means that White can be cut in most formats. Eddie Royal looks to be the best bet to step up in White’s absence. Royal played 52% of the snaps in Week 4 (with White playing 59%, prior to the injury), catching seven passes for 111 yards and a touchdown on seven targets. He’ll be a Sneaky Start this week against the Colts. Consider him an untrustworthy low-end WR3/WR4, depending on the matchup. White’s absence also frees up extra targets for Alshon Jeffery and Zach Miller.

BAL: Ravens want to throw the ball downfield more often

The Baltimore Ravens envisioned Joe Flacco firing soaring, deep shots to Mike Wallace and Breshad Perriman, moving the offense briskly down the field and keeping defenses on their heels.

Through the first quarter of the season, the Ravens’ passing attack has been anything but dynamic. It’s been dink-and-dunk.

Flacco has thrown the second-most passes under five yards this season and ranks 30th in the NFL with an average of 6.3 yards per pass attempt. This style of conservative offense frustrates one of the strongest-armed quarterbacks in the NFL.

“We just make it so tough on ourselves,” Flacco said. “We throw the ball 50 times, and we only have 300 yards. You know, we have to move the ball down the field so methodically.”

Part of the problem has been giving Flacco time to throw deep. He was under pressure for 17 pass attempts Sunday, which led the league.

Fantasy Impact:

This is good news for Mike Wallace and Breshad Perriman, who serve as the Ravens’ primary deep threats, but it’s one thing to have intent and it’s another to follow through successfully with that intent.

Barring a setback in practice this week, Ravens rookie Kenneth Dixon in line to make NFL debut Sunday. Terrance West and Dixon should be 1-2.

Fantasy Impact:

West earned the starting nod, at least for now, with the 21-carry, 113-yard, 1-TD effort against the Raiders. The performance took some of the wind out of Dixon’s upside, but he’s still a quality stash as this backfield sorts itself out. Dixon is considered to be the future starter in Baltimore, though West is doing everything he can to change that narrative.

PHI: Eagles RB Ryan Mathews is healthy, remains the starter

Mathews experienced soreness in both of his ankles in Week 3, rushing only twice for -5 yards against the Steelers. He found the endzone three times in the first two games, but only played 29% of the snaps in Week 2 (when he had nine carries for 32 yards and two touchdowns against the Bears). Wendell Smallwood looked pretty good (17 carries, 79 yards, TD) against Pittsburgh, while Kenjon Barner also found the end zone (eight carries, 42 yards, TD) against the Steelers. Darren Sproles also has 22 touches over the past two games, so this is shaping up to be a full-blown committee with Mathews the most likely to see the most carries.

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